Rachel de Souza

Dame Rachel Mary de Souza (born January 1968) is a British academic, educationist and former schoolteacher and schools inspector. Since 2012, she has been the CEO of the Inspiration Trust.[1][2] De Souza was appointed a Dame in the 2014 New Year Honours for her services to education.

Career

An alumna of Heythrop College, University of London, she is the first graduate of the college to receive a damehood. Born in Scunthorpe in 1968, she was the middle child among three brothers. Her father was a steelworker, her mother an Austro-Hungarian refugee. She attended a local Catholic comprehensive school and earned a BA in Philosophy and Theology at Heythrop.[3] She later completed a PGCE at King's College London before moving with her husband to Oxford, where he studied at Jesus College. She later served as deputy head at Denbigh High School, Luton.[4]

As Chief Executive Officer of the Inspiration Trust, a federation of seven schools across Norfolk, she specialises in raising educational standards. Before being appointed to the Trust, de Souza was the principal of Ormiston Victory Academy in Costessey, Norwich. She was credited with turning the school around. Ofsted described the school as "Outstanding".[5]

References

  1. ↑ "About us". Inspiration Trust. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Adams, Richard (10 June 2015). "Labour MP attacks academy group in maiden parliamentary speech". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Rachel de Souza". Jesuits in Britain. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Dame Rachel de Souza". Schools Week. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Mansell, Warwick (28 July 2015). "Academy trust head ‘sick’ at school’s good Ofsted rating". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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